Edward Finkler

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Edward Finkler

Funkatron Productions

Biography

Ed Finkler is a web developer and security researcher at The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) at Purdue University. He is the creator of the PHPSecInfo auditing tool and the Inspekt input filtering library for PHP. Ed is also an experienced JavaScript developer, and his application Spaz won “Best Community HTML Application” in the 2007 Adobe AIR Developer Derby. His work in web runtime platforms on the desktop currently occupies most of his free time.

Proposals for this user

* An Introduction to CodeIgniter

CodeIgniter is a powerful, lightweight, and battle-tested application framework for PHP. It offers much of the power of heavier frameworks, without sacrificing the flexibility PHP developers need. This talk will go over the basics of CI, and how it can speed up development without hampering the agility a PHP dev needs.
Cooking 03/28/2009 12:14PM
Edward Finkler

* Put Down the Superglobals! Secure PHP Development with Inspekt

Inspekt is a filtering and validation library for PHP. With a focus on ease of use, Inspekt makes writing secure PHP applications faster and easier. This talk covers the Inspekt library and the "input cage" concept, best practices when utilizing the library, and how to integrate Inspekt with existing applications and popular frameworks.
Cooking 03/28/2009 12:17PM
Edward Finkler

* Securing the PHP Environment With PhpSecInfo

PhpSecInfo is an easy to use security auditing tool for the PHP Environment. We'll discuss how to use PhpSecInfo as part of your web app security toolkit, and how to customize and extend it for your specific needs.
Cooking 03/28/2009 12:18PM
Edward Finkler